the goode life

Healthy Drinks

Now that the holidays are over I'm sure most of us could use a little detoxing!  So my usual Friday cocktail post is one of goode healthy drinks so we can start the new year off right.  Don't worry next week I'll be back to my usual champagne cocktails and such I'm sure, but this week I decided to give the ol' liver a rest and try to focus on cleaning out all the sludge from my over indulgence of holiday goodies.

Don't forget to experiment with the recipes and add other healthy things such as wheat germ, brewer's yeast, or even oatmeal.  Enjoy!  (These recipes come from www.healthrecipes.com)

Apricot Pineapple Smoothie Recipe

1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1 fresh apricot, diced
6 strawberries
1/2 banana
1 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high- quality protein powder (optional)
1 tsp. flax seed oil (optional)
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In a blender, process fruit with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until thoroughly mixed and serve.

Banana-Strawberry Fruit Smoothie Recipe

1 banana, frozen
6 strawberries, frozen
1 1/4 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high- quality protein powder (optional)
1 tsp. flax oil (optional)
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In a blender, process all the ingredients until thoroughly mixed and serve.

 

Tropical Fruit Shake

1/2 mango
2 tbsp. frozen pina coloda mix (or 1/8 tsp. natural coconut extract)
1/2 banana, frozen
4 strawberries, frozen
6 ice cubes
1 1/4 cup water
1 heaping tbsp. high- quality protein powder (optional)
1 tsp. flax oil (optional)
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In a blender, process all the ingredients until thoroughly mixed and serve.

Joie de VeeV

Goode Grief, do you know I actually forgot today was Friday!! I've been working seven days a week, that all the days just seem to run into one another.  What snapped me to attention was the weekly email I get from the Splendora site.  It's a list of what to wear, what to eat, what to beauty, what to see, etc....you get the picture.

Well listed for "what to drink" is a delicious sounding cocktail made with spirits that have been infused with the Acai (pronounced ah-SIGH-ee) berry. The spirit is called VeeV, and visit their pretty groovy site if want to learn more about this antioxidant alcohol, but for the meantime put a bottle of VeeV on your grocery list so you can make the following:

Joie de VeeV

2.0 oz VeeV, dash of sugar, 3 mint sprigs, 2 strawberries, 2 lime wedges, ginger ale

Muddle 2 slices of lime, 2 strawberries, 3 mint sprigs in a mixing glass. Add 2.0 oz VeeV, sugar and ice in a cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into a glass and top with ginger ale.

Yum!  Being green never tasted so goode.

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Witches Brew

In honor of Halloween next week, I decided to make my Friday cocktail post holiday appropriate. Get out your cauldrons and get ready to mix this up:

1 package of orange kool-aid, 1package of grape kool-aid, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 4 quarts of water, one fifth of vodka:  Mix this brew up real goode and add a chunk of dry ice to really up the drama factor! and -oh- don't forget to park you broomsticks before imbibing, no drinking and flying!

Chow's Cocktail Square Off

Instead of offering up my usual cocktail recipe on Friday, I'm going to point you in the direction of an event happening next week on Tuesday, 9.25.07, in San Francisco.  My friends over at Square One Vodka have informed me of a cocktail contest they have been running with professionals going up against amateurs.  They have narrowed their search down to two finalists and the "square off" is about to jump off!

The two finalists will have to prepare drinks using Square One, natch, but they also will be using local organic ingredients picked that morning from the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, plus another secret organic ingredient chosen by the judges.  This is all so very Iron Chef!

Tickets to the event are only $10 and you get drinks and eats catered by Bacar.

For those of you out of town and can't make it, may I suggest you peruse the Chow Off website for a list of the semi-finalists winning recipes and experiment at home.  My favorites so far are :

• Sharron's Thyme for a Cocktail
• Brian's Ashwin
• Ben's Pallino and
• Johnathan's Wild & Organic

This is a really goode event to support as the proceeds go to benefit two non-profits: OM Organics (I love their newsletter) and CUESA (the Center for Urban Education and Sustainable Agriculture).

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Blissed Out!

It has been one of those week ladies (and gents).  Which has got me thinking it's time to post one of my "Thank God It's Friday" cocktail posts!

I've found a really great cocktail that's perfect for the occasion as it induces you into a state of bliss with each sip, plus it's chockfull of vitamins which means it's goode for you to; not to mention with all the beauty stuff happening around hear with Splendicity, rest + vitamins = Beauty!

For those of you new to my cocktail posts, I have a little book I steal some of these great recipes from on the art of cocktails called: Highballs High Heels, for those of you who have already got a copy go to page 83.  The rest of you can follow along here:

Blissed Out Blackberry-Pineapple Daiquiri

For this trip to Bliss you'll need:

• 5 cups of crushed ice
• 9 ounces of pineapple-infused rum
• 6 ounces of Chambord
• 6 ounces of fresh lime juice
• 3 ounces of lemon juice
• 5 ounces of sugar syrup
• 6 pineapple wedges for garnish
• 12 fresh raspberries for garnish
• serves 6

1. Put half of the ice in a blender and add half of the ingredients except the garnish.  Blend well until combined and slushy.  Repeat to make a second batch.
2. Divide the mixture among six-6 ounce wine goblets.  With a toothpick skewer a pineapple wedge between two raspberries for garnish.  Repeat process to decorate the remaining goblets.

Put the Do Not Disturb sign on the door, sit back, pull down the eye mask and enjoy Total Bliss!

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Wild Love

So it would appear all that drinking I did in college was actually goode for me! While trying to catch up on all my reading and past emails I came across an article that said those fruity cocktail drinks have some health benefits!

It appears the alcohol in tequila, rum. vodka, et. al helps the body absorb the antioxidants from the fruit a lot better.  So in other words a Tequila Sunrise is actually a lot healthier for you than just straight orange juice!  Click here to read the full article. 

I love that we are discovering that all our vices are actually goode for us: beer, red wine, dark chocolate, now Pomegranate Cosmos! 

Cheers to the Goode Life!

In honor of such goode news I give you our weekly cocktail that's chock full of vitamin C:

Wild Love:

In a highball glass mix one shot of tequila, a half shot of white rum, one and a half shot of De Kyuper Wild Strawberry, a half shot of lemon juice, and top it all off with orange juice.  Garnish with a strawberry.  Yum!

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The Dancing Queen Cocktail

In honor of our queens listed below:  The Dancing Queen Madonna and The Queen herself HRH Elizabeth II - for this Friday's drink I give you The Dancing Queen Cocktail:  this link also includes a how-to video.  This one will have you up dancing on the tables.  You've been warned!

Step 1

You will need.

• 1⁄3 fl oz white crème de cacao
• 1⁄3 fl oz cointreau
• 7⁄8 fl oz blackcurrant flavoured vodka
• 1⁄3 fl oz juice of half a lemon
• 1 2⁄3 fl oz apple juice
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 lemon wedge
• ice cubes
• 1 2⁄3 fl oz grenadine
• 1 shot measure
• 1 martini glass
• 1 mixing glass
• 1 bar spoon or stirrer
• 1 strainer
• 1 teaspoon

Step 2

Prepare the cocktail.

Begin by filling the mixing glass half full with ice cubes.

Step 3

Add the ingredients.

Continue by measuring out and adding in 10ml of white crème de Curacao, 10ml of cointreau, 25ml of blackcurrant flavoured vodka, the juice of half a lemon and 50ml of apple juice.

Step 4

Stir.

Ensure that you stir thoroughly with a bar spoon or stirrer.

Step 5

Prepare the martini glass.

Pour 50ml of grenadine into a saucer and dip the rim of the glass into it. Heap 2 teaspoons of sugar into the saucer and dip the rim of the glass into it. Garnish the glass with a wedge of lemon and sit back, relax and enjoy!

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Cinderella Mocktail

This past week I was really in the "must organize office" mode.  I cleaned, swept and dusted like there was no tomorrow!  Why? well for one thing my OCD won't let me think in clutter, I'm one of those types who has to make her bed before she can balance her checkbook, can't sleep unless all the dishes are washed, and I will not leave for the weekend if there's dirty laundry in the basket!

I know there are others out there like me who suffer from this Cinderella Complex - must do all the chores- so in honor of us I give you the Cinderella Mocktail! The perfect drink to sip while we whistle while we work or wait for our prince to show up!  I know some of you are kicking your feather dusters up at me because there is no alcohol in this week's drink, trust me cleaning while drunk is not a goode idea, but I won't tell your evil stepmother if you add a splash of champagne to today's recipe!

Cinderella Mocktail
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz fresh orange juice
1 oz fresh pineapple juice

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker you've half-filled with ice. Shake until chilled; strain into a chilled martini glass. Club soda or ginger ale can be added for the fizzy excitement of it.
Garnish with lemon wedges, candy sprinkles, or strawberries. (Recipe comes from Michelle Dompierre Southern - what a name!  The Cocktail Editor at Bellaonline)

Cheers to hoping the slipper fits ;)!

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Hot Kiss "Goode" Night

Another Friday another cocktail post.  It is so cold and wet where I'm at (San Francisco), I had no idea it was suppose to rain today!  I'm in the mood for something yummy and warm.  Here's another delicious recipe I found at Cocktail Times.  It's called the Hot Kiss Goodnight.

Hot Kiss Goodnight
- 2 oz Bushmills Irish Whiskey
- 2 teaspoons cream de menthe (green or white)
- 1/2 oz creme de cacao (white or brown)
- 4 oz freshly brewed strong black coffee

Stir thoroughly and then add a thick cap of whipped cream; place Hershey's Kiss on top.

Irish Coffee drinks are special to San Francisco.  Why?  It was 1952 when Jack Koeppler, the owner of the Buena Vista here in SF perfected the recipe, which then of course spread across the US.  Read the full story here.

Cheers to The Goode Life!

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Besame (Kiss Me)

Here's a sweet little drink I found on Cocktail Times.  It's called Besame which of course means kiss me in Spanish.  I think this is perfect for getting that special one drunk enough to do just that under the mistletoe this season:

Besame (Kiss Me)
- 2 lime wedges
- 5 - 6 raspberries
- 1 1/2 oz. Agavero tequila
- Passion fruit juice
- Splash of Chambord

Muddle limes and raspberries in a highball glass. Pour tequila and passion fruit juice to fill with a splash of Chambord. Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain back into a highball glass. Add two straws and serve. Agavero tequila is made from 100% blue agave blended with the essence of Damiana flower from Mexico. (Cocktail created at: Ideya, 349 W. Broadway, NYC)

Kisses!

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